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There’s more than one route into studying in our creative community. From Evening & Saturday Courses, to Foundation and BA courses, to research degrees, you’ll find a path through AUB that suits you. Simply select the course level you’d like to study.

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We believe people learn best in a vibrant, caring environment. We want to help you thrive while you’re here.

On campus, you’ll find lots of great resources, facilities and, most importantly, a friendly environment. Lots of the courses overlap or collaborate, so you’ll meet plenty of new friends studying other subjects.

You can find out more about life at AUB by exploring the sections below.

Established in 1883 as a specialist institution, Arts University Bournemouth is a leading University offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.

We’re passionate about the creative subjects we teach and continue to encourage curiosity, risk-taking and adventure in exploring and pushing subject knowledge and its boundaries.

The University is situated two miles from the centre of Bournemouth, on the border between Bournemouth and Poole. Here are details on how to get in touch and how find us.

At AUB, our flourishing research and scholarship culture celebrates and enables original investigation; extending knowledge fields and developing new understanding within the arts.

By promoting the pursuit of innovation and creativity, we encourage opportunities for establishing and sharing best practice in research and foster the development of critical perspectives that have traditionally lain outside discrete disciplines. We encourage the use of reflective teaching and learning practices as part of an interactive relationship with research.

Staff research is supported from within AUB by grants for particular projects and by a Research Fellowship programme offering generous remission from teaching and administration. Researchers are also encouraged to apply for external funding for the full range of research from practice through history and theory.

A proactive Research Forum enables staff to present work in progress and to hear and participate in discussions of research by distinguished visitors. Training and advice is available to those intending to apply for external funding.

The University occupies a significant position in the cultural nexus of the south west. The University’s own Gallery is an important showcase for creative work and there are established links with other arts institutions in the area.

The metrics indicate very high levels of satisfaction with teaching, feedback and academic support

Students from all backgrounds achieve consistently outstanding outcomes

Very high proportions continue with their studies and progress to employment and highly skilled employment or further study, notably exceeding the University’s benchmarks

Deputy Vice Chancellor of AUB, Professor Emma Hunt, said: “We are delighted to be awarded Gold by the Teaching Excellence Framework. We are extremely proud of our students and our teaching which educates, guides and inspires our community of makers at AUB.

Our staff’s extensive industry experience, excellent teaching and impactful research, alongside our state-of-the-art campus, means our students leave university with the skills they need to thrive in the world, something that is reflected by our consistently high employability rate.”

To celebrate and announce the news, AUB commissioned a special installation on campus.

Karen Thurlow, Acting Head of Marketing explained: “The installation, which is a piece of art in its own right, represents the microcosm of creativity on campus and houses over 400 inspiring images of this year’s students’ work.

The cube was secretly covered in gold overnight, so staff were greeted by the news of the Gold TEF award this morning when arriving on campus.

The piece visually represents how our incredible student work is nurtured and supported by AUB’s excellent teaching practice.”

Professor Chris Husbands, Chair of the TEF assessment panel and Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, said: “The Teaching Excellence Framework results offer – for the first time – an overview of teaching excellence across the entire UK higher education sector.

It has been a privilege to chair this ambitious and ground-breaking assessment.

Alongside the headline results, we are publishing all the data and submissions, and statements of the assessors’ findings.

Taken together, this is a set of material on teaching excellence which goes further than has been possible for any other university system in the world.”

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